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Attempted Flight
The twelve year old Ivo has been living in Vienna with his family for three years. His father and brothers work at construction sites. Their Austrian neighbors despise the Yugoslav guest workers. Because the mother has to look after the sick grandmother at home in Croatia, Ivo runs the male household in Vienna alone. Solitude and insults from the locals make the child unhappy. And so Ivo decides on a rainy winter's day to return to his home village on his own.
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The twelve year old Ivo has been living in Vienna with his family for three years. His father and brothers work at construction sites. Their Austrian neighbors despise the Yugoslav guest workers. Because the mother has to look after the sick grandmother at home in Croatia, Ivo runs the male household in Vienna alone. Solitude and insults from the locals make the child unhappy. And so Ivo decides on a rainy winter's day to return to his home village on his own.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Walter Wippersberg, Vojtěch Jasný
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Tatiana Film
Cast
Vojtěch Jasný
Director
Heinz Ehrenfreund
Ehemann in Graz
Hansjörg Felmy
LKW-Fahrer
Gertraud Jesserer
Ehefrau in Graz
Klaus Löwitsch
Polizist in Wien
Otto Tausig
Maurer
Jane Tilden
Frau Holub
Tomislav Savić
Ivo Goran
Ilija Ivezić
Vater Goran
Hermina Pipinić
Mutter Goran
Stephan Paryla-Raky
Kartenspieler
Heinz Petters
Ober im Kaffeehaus
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